I have been using my older Leki Makalu poles as spreader bars on my DIY bridge hammock. I made cordura pockets to insert the ends into, putting rubber tips on the bottom of the poles to keep the carbide tips from wearing through the cordura.
This weekend the tip of one of the bars bent while I was in the hammock:
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I am changing the design so that only the handle end goes into a pocket, since clearly the tip is not robust enough to do this.
BTW, at 160 lbs I am not exactly a heavyweight.
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